New American Standard Bible 2020

John 19:1-16

1So Pilate then took Jesus and 1 2had Him flogged. 2 3And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and placed it on His head, and put a purple 4cloak on Him; 3and they repeatedly came up to Him and said, “5Hail, King of the Jews!” and 6slapped Him in the face again and again. 4And then Pilate 7came out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing Him out to you so that you will know that 8I find no grounds at all for charges in 9His case.” 5Jesus then came out, 10wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold, the Man!” 6So when the chief priests and the 11officers saw Him, they shouted, saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him; for 12I find no grounds for charges in 13His case!” 7The Jews answered him, “14We have a law, and by that law He ought to die, because He 15made Himself out to be the Son of God!”

8Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid; 9and he 16entered the 17Praetorium again and said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But 18Jesus gave him no answer. 10So Pilate said to Him, “Are you not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?” 11Jesus answered him, “19You would have no authority 20over Me at all, if it had not been given to you from above; for this reason 21the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.” 12As a result of this, Pilate 22made efforts to release Him; but the Jews shouted, saying, “23If you release this Man, you are not a friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king 24opposes Caesar!”

13Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and 25sat down on the judgment seat at a place called 26The Pavement--but 27in 28Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14Now it was 29the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the 30 31sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Look, 32your King!” 15So they shouted, “33Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king except Caesar.” 16So he then 34handed Him over to them to be crucified.

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Notes

1. John 19:1 Lit flogged Him ↩
2. John 19:1 Matt 27:26 ↩
3. John 19:2 Matt 27:27-30: Mark 15:16-19 ↩
4. John 19:2 I.e., a Roman soldier’s cloak ↩
5. John 19:3 Matt 27:29; Mark 15:18 ↩
6. John 19:3 John 18:22 ↩
7. John 19:4 John 18:33, 38 ↩
8. John 19:4 Luke 23:4; John 18:38; 19:6 ↩
9. John 19:4 Lit Him ↩
10. John 19:5 John 19:2 ↩
11. John 19:6 Matt 26:58; John 18:3 ↩
12. John 19:6 Luke 23:4; John 18:38; 19:4 ↩
13. John 19:6 Lit Him ↩
14. John 19:7 Lev 24:16; Matt 26:63-66 ↩
15. John 19:7 John 5:18; 10:33 ↩
16. John 19:9 John 18:33 ↩
17. John 19:9 I.e., governor’s official residence ↩
18. John 19:9 Matt 26:63; 27:12, 14; John 18:34-37 ↩
19. John 19:11 Rom 13:1 ↩
20. John 19:11 Lit against ↩
21. John 19:11 John 18:13f, 28ff; Acts 3:13 ↩
22. John 19:12 Lit was seeking to ↩
23. John 19:12 Luke 23:2; John 18:33ff ↩
24. John 19:12 Or speaks against ↩
25. John 19:13 Matt 27:19 ↩
26. John 19:13 Gr Lithostrotos ↩
27. John 19:13 John 5:2; 19:17, 20 ↩
28. John 19:13 I.e., Jewish Aramaic ↩
29. John 19:14 Matt 27:62; John 19:31, 42 ↩
30. John 19:14 I.e., about noon ↩
31. John 19:14 Matt 27:45; Mark 15:25 ↩
32. John 19:14 John 19:19, 21 ↩
33. John 19:15 Luke 23:18 ↩
34. John 19:16 Matt 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:25 ↩

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